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Ontario Minister of Infrastructure Bob Chiarelli and Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci talk about the new Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM) Initiative for Seniors at Sudbury Regional Hospital last week.

Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH) received awards this week at two provincial health conferences in Toronto.

A climate change accountability bill that could have made Canada a world leader in combating climate change was defeated in a snap vote in the Senate on Nov. 16, a move that frustrates and disappoints Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault.

The North East LHIN recently expanded its six adult diabetes teams to include a registered nurse and a registered dietitian.

Greater Sudbury community calendar for Nov. 18 - Nov. 23. To put your listing on this board post it online at NorthernLife.ca or e-mail [email protected] , phone 705-673-5667 ext. 373. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

Carol McAulay has been tapped to replace Robert Bourgeois, the out-going vice-president of administration at Laurentian University. She begins her job Feb. 14, 2011, replacing Bourgeois, who leaves the university in December.

A $3.5 billion investment by Vale into multiple capital projects is being heralded by the city's mayor as a sign the city is recovering from the economic downturn. In a press release issued Nov.

The University of Sudbury and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) will sign a memorandum of understanding Nov. 18.

Students at St. Mary Catholic Elementary School attended a health awareness workshop Nov. 12. With flu season here, Gen Waszczylo, principal of the school said she felt it was important for her students to be reminded of healthy hygiene practices.

Cpl. Bill Kerr, a local soldier injured in Afghanistan, his wife Tracy and his two daughters Zoe and Abigail, finally have a home that will fully meet Kerr’s special needs.